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 * __Lynching__**

Lynching is putting a person to death, usually by hanging by mob action without due process of law. The mob assumes its victims are guilty, weather or not the victims have had a trial. Lynching was originally a system of punishment used by the whites against African American slaves. However, whites who protested against this, were also in danger of being lynched.The term //lynching// probably originated with Charles Lynch. Lynch Law is a form of mob violence and putative justice, usually involving the illegal hanging of suspected criminals.
 * What is Lynching?**

//- Naomasa M.// Charles Lynch was a Virginia planter and American Patriot (1736 - 1796). He was the head of an irregular court formed in central Virginia to punish British supporters, during the American Revolution.
 * Charles Lynch?**

//- Naomasa Miki// = = - 1886-1889: Over 2500 people (most African American) - 1900-1901: Over 200 people - 1885-1905: more lynchings in the U.S than Legal Executions - 1882-1968: 4800 known Lynchings (25% White (Caucasian), 70% African American, 5% Unknown) - 1957-1968: 7 Lynchings in total - 1968-Present: None or unknown - Peak Year = 1892: 230 Victims - Before 1890 most if not all lynichings were on whites (Caucasian) - //Kevin K// Between the years of 1882 and 1968, at lest 4,730 lynching occured in the United States. This number included about 3,440 black men and women.
 * Statistics on Lynchings**
 * How many victims were there from Lynching?**

// Ku Klux Klan//

> //- Naomasa M.//
 * [|"The Real Judge Lynch" (December 1901) //The Atlantic Monthly//]